Research Team

Caroline Cummings, PhD

Lab Director
carolicu@ttu.edu
(806) 834-0931

Education

B.S. Portland State University

M.A. University of Nevada, Reno

Ph.D University of Nevada, Reno

Dr. Cummings devotes her clinical and research time towards assessing and treating youths with complex and chronic illnesses. During her graduate training, she emphasized the roles of positive affect and self-regulation in understanding adolescent behavior and health, including as they pertain to type 1 diabetes, overweight/obesity and substance use. She also completed her pre-doctoral internship at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) where she conducted full-time clinical work with pediatric patients with complex medical and psychiatric presentations. At OHSU she then extended her research to examine the interconnections of mental health, social relationships, and physical well-being within pediatric patients with pain or gastrointestinal illnesses. Moving forward, she anticipates delving further in these areas to develop and test mobile health interventions to promote optimal health in pediatric populations.

Selected Publications:

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Cummings, C., Lansing, A.H., & Houck, C.D. (in press). Perceived strengths and difficulties in emotional awareness and accessing emotion regulation strategies in early adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies.

Singer, J., Cummings, C., Coccaro, E. (in press). Parental separation and death during childhood as predictors of adult

psychopathology: An examination of racial differences. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy.

Cummings, C., Benjamin, N., Prahbu, H., Cohen, L.B., Goddard, B.J., Kaugars, A.S., Humiston, T. & Lansing, A.H. (2022). Habit and diabetes self-management in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Health Psychology, 41, 13-22.

Cummings, C., Crochiere, R., Lansing A.H., Patel, R. & Stanger, C. (2022). Digital health program targeting physical activity among adolescents with overweight and obesity. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 5.

Cummings, C., Feldstein Ewing, S.W., Tran, D.D., Stoyles, S., Dieckmann, N.F., Holley, A.L., & Wilson, A.C. (2022). Trajectories and predictors of daily acute pain and sleep quality in adolescents. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 45, 613-621.

Cummings, C., Humiston, T., Cohen, L.B., & Lansing, A.H. (2022). The role of COVID-19 fears and related behaviors in understanding daily adolescent health behaviors during the pandemic. Journal of Health Psychology, 27, 1354-1364.

Cummings, C., & Lansing, A.H. (2022). Daily associations of positive emotion and obesity-related behaviors and their interconnections within adolescent-caregiver dyads. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 56, 146-156.

Cummings, C., Seng, K., Tweet, R., & Wagner, J. (2022). Lifestyles under lockdown: A scoping review of international studies on type 2 diabetes self-management behaviors during COVID-19. Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare, 3.

Stiles-Sheilds, C., Cummings, C., Montague, E., Plevinsky, J., Psihogios, A., Williams, K. (2022). A call to action: Extending human-centered design methodologies to improve mental health equity. Frontiers in Digital Health, 4.